There was a packed audience and extra seating had to be provided at the All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival in the Dean Crowe Memorial Hall, Athlone, on Wednesday night when a record-breaking crowd saw the Sligo Drama Circle present “My Three Angels”. The adjudicator, Mr. James Stack, said the producer had caught the right atmosphere of […]
“I hardly put pen on paper tonight, as I just sat back and enjoyed myself”, said Mr. Norman Rodway, adjudicator, at Ballyshannon Drama Festival, after the Sligo Drama Circle staged “My Three Angels” on Wednesday night last. Mr. Rodway said he would do no beating about the bush, but would put his cards completely on […]
Over the years Sligo Drama Circle has used many places for the rehearsal of plays and making of sets and costumes. Sligo Columban Club, Sligo Social Services, Scoil Ursula. For
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As part of our production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” in the Hawk’s Well Theatre this November, we will be hosting an exhibition in association with the Hawk’s Well Theatre celebrating the contribution of the late Joe Meehan to both Sligo Drama Circle and the Hawk’s Well Theatre. Like many others of his generation, […]
Sligo Men’s Shed Work With SDC
Thirteen years ago a group of Sligomen met to discuss starting a Men’s Shed in the town. Those first meetings were held in the Family Life Centre on the Mall, but it soon became clear that if the idea was to develop, a permanent premises would be needed. Enter Fr. Tom Hever, who told the […]
We are in the process of writing a book on the history of Sligo Drama Circle over the past almost 70 years. We have been gathering information, photographs and lots more to be included in the book. We also wanted to give our audiences an opportunity to have an input into the book by sharing […]
Sligo Drama Circle is an amateur drama group formed in 1956 to provide live theatre to the Sligo public. With the disappearance of the professional theatre companies from the Irish scene at the time, and the reluctance of the National Theatre to undertake provincial tours, the amateur movement across the
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As part of our production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” in the Hawk’s Well Theatre this November, we will be hosting an exhibition in association with the Hawk’s Well Theatre celebrating the contribution of the late Joe Meehan to both Sligo Drama Circle and the Hawk’s Well Theatre. Like many others of his generation, […]
Sligo Men’s Shed Work With SDC
Thirteen years ago a group of Sligomen met to discuss starting a Men’s Shed in the town. Those first meetings were held in the Family Life Centre on the Mall, but it soon became clear that if the idea was to develop, a permanent premises would be needed. Enter Fr. Tom Hever, who told the […]
We are in the process of writing a book on the history of Sligo Drama Circle over the past almost 70 years. We have been gathering information, photographs and lots more to be included in the book. We also wanted to give our audiences an opportunity to have an input into the book by sharing […]